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The sector’s 2009 consolidated data may be found here.

2009 MARKET DATA:

Steel producing park: 27 mills; 12 integrated (from iron ore) and 15 semi-integrated (from processing pig iron and scrap), managed by eight business groups.

Installed capacity : 42,1 Mty of crude steel

Crude steel output: 26.5 Mt

Steel products output:   25,7 milhões de t

Apparent consumption: 18.6 Mt

Employees: 116.409

Trade balance: US$ 1,9 billion – 7.5% of Brazil’s trade balance

World’s 15th largest steel exporter (direct exportations)

World’s 5th largest net steel exporter (exp - imp): 6.5 Mt

Exports to over 100 countries

Indirect exportation (steel contained in goods): 2.1 Mt

Brazilian per capita steel consumption: 97 kg/crude steel/inhabitant

Main steel consuming sectors: Civil Construction; Automotive; Capital Goods, Machines and Equipment (including Agricultural); Household and Commercial Appliances.